French postcard by Cinémagazine-Edition, no. 473. Photo: publicity still for Napoléon (1927, Abel Gance), with Gance himself as Saint Just. Great French film director Abel Gance (1889 – 1981) was also a producer, writer and actor. He is best known for his three silent masterpieces: J’accuse/I Accuse (1919), La Roue/The Wheel (1923), and the monumental…